Paint or varnish remover.



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CAELETON ELLIS, 01E LAEGHIVJEONT, ZIEW YORK, ASSIGNOE T CHADELGIE? CHEMICAL COMEAIJY, OF NEW YORK, N. 55., A CORPORATION U13 "WEST TIRE-116ml PAINT OE VARNISH REMOVEE.

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To all whom. it may concern Be it known that l, aiuarrtm ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, and now residing at liarchmont. in the county of Westchcste and State of Xew York, have made certainnew and useful inventions 'h'elating to Paint or Varnish Removers, of whichthc following a specification.

This invention relates to paint or varnish removers and relates especially to removers comprising waxy or other equivalenttilmforming ingredients, volatile solvents and fatty acid material so as to make a readily emulsitiablc composition after the remover has acted on the finish.

Suitable saponitiahle material, such as olcic, palmitic, st'earic and other soap'torming acid material may be readily incoriporated in paint or yaruish removers and make the smoothness and consistency fot the remover so as to make it more desirable for application to vertical and inclined surfaces. ltn addition the incorporated saponiliable material is quite r iadily acted on by soap and water or similar detergent-s, the fatty acid material being attacked and saponitiet'l, thus etl'ect ually breaking up the material remaining on the treated surface so that its complete removal is facilitated. l'jooseninr' linish solvent material, that is solvents of a generally alcoholic character or action in removers, may, oi course, be

used in such removers, such as nu-thyl, ethyl,

in their cheap commercial form including denatured alcohol and other generally alcoholic solvents v uch as methyl acet ne, acetone and other hetones, acetore. oil and so forth. Suitable penetrating linish solvent; material, that is solvents having'a generally beuzolic character o action in removers may also he used, including heuzot, toluol and their homologucs, as well as beuzin, gasolcue and other petroleumproducts and also carbon hisultid, carbon tetrachlorid and propyl. hutyl and allyl alcohols, preferably other chlorinated conu'iounds, such acety lone chlorid. Suitable stiffening material 18 preferably used in these removers, such Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, 190?. Serial. No. 376,383

Patented Jan. 2;, 51913.

as wood flour, starch, Whiting, infnsorial earth and various waxy or soapy materials, such as paratiin or ccresin, beeswax and pyroxylin which form efiective evaporation retarding films on the exposed surface of the remover. The various ingredients are preferably combined by'agitation at a suit- 5 able slight increase of tempcrature,thc Waxy or soapy 'stitlening material, as Well as this saponifiable fatty acid material being preferably first dissolved in more energetic solvents therefor, although this is not of course, necessary in all cases.

A suitable illustrative remover of this character may comprise benzol 4:5 parts, wood alcohol 50 parts, paratiin 2 parts, and palmit-ic acid 3 parts. Another illustrative remover may comprise benzol 2f parts, benzin 20 parts, acetone 47 parts, ceresin 3 parts, and oleic acid 5 parts.

Reference is made to applicants' eopending application 6S5,610,filed March .13, 1912, claiming certain features of the subject matter disclosed in this application and re lating especially to the second formula. above referred to. 1

Having described this invention in conneotion with a number of illustrative ingredients and formulas, to the details of which disclosure the invention is not, of course, to be limited, What is claimed is '1. The finish remover comprising approximately benzo-l 45 parts, Wood alcohol 50 parts, paratfin 2 parts and palmitic acid 3 parts.

2. The finish remover comprising approximately benzol, 4 5 parts alcohol 50 parts, waxy Inaterial-Qports and palmitic acid 3 parts.

3. The finish remover comprising approximately benzol 45 parts, loosening finish solvent material 50 parts, Waxy material 2 parts and fatty acid material 3 parts.

CARLETON ELLIS.

Witnesses:

HARRY L. DUNCAN, Jnssm B. KAY. 

